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Designer Runway Shows :: Order of Appearance  


9:00 pm :: L.A. Gaitors Shoes :: Leanne Hautala

9:10 pm :: Bae Rae :: Phoebe Kao 
 

 

9:20 pm :: Lindsay Marie :: Lindsay Adams

9:30 pm :: Art of Cloth :: Rose Corrick

 

9:40 pm :: Sorjet :: Soreyda Benedit Begley and Jeuarlet McClanahan

 

9:50 pm :: Modern Fashion :: Amanda Renee 

 

10:00 pm :: Jae Jarell Menswear 

 

10:10 pm :: Lotty by Lotty Lewis

 

10:15 pm :: Wedding Dress Finale :: Lindsay Adams

 

 

The Business of Fashion Design in Northeast Ohio :: Experts discuss Fashion Week Cleveland, the Cleveland Retail Commission, the business of fashion design, retail, and the local fashion scene :: Discussion regarding Fashion Design and Merchandising Schools in Northeast Ohio :: The importance of area four-year bachelor degree colleges :: Credentialing, education, credit transfer, and employability :: Kent State University, University of Akron, Ursuline College :: Western Reserve PBS-TV :: NEOtropolis :: Watch this video

 

Britini Brocker :: 2011
Britini Brocker will launch her custom bridal and evening wear line at Fashion Week Cleveland 2011.  She graduated top of her class from the prestigious Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Kent State University.  While attending college, she had the opportunity of studying design in Florence, Italy and New York City.  Britini interned at James Coviello in New York.  While at Abercrombie and Fitch she contributed to four brands; Abercrombie women's, Abercrombie girls‘, Ruehl, and Gilly Hicks.  Britini designs custom bridal and evening gowns for her own label, BBG Couture by Britini Brocker.  This will be her second appearance at Cleveland Fashion Week, and she is looking forward to debuting her new collection.  www.bbgcouture.com  
 

 

Christopher Boyle :: 2010

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Mr. Boyle launched his new line of dresses at Fashion Week Cleveland 2010.  As a freelancer Christopher has designed clothing for Jessica Alba, Miley Cyrus, Alyssa Milano, Britany Murphy, Ashanti, Monique Colman, and Mischa Barton.  He has designed for many labels including the Patty Park Agency, Level Red, Laurena Sarbu Couture, and Ntnse Jeans.  He collaborated with Elie Saab of Paris in creating hand beading for Lorena Sarbu Couture. 
In addition, he worked at 24Seven agency helping to create looks for numerous clothing lines.  His community service has included work for UNICEF, Up Women's Network, and Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) (he designed GSK's "X it Out" tees for their cervical cancer vaccine campaign).  He has designed private label collections for Banana Republic, Eclipse Noir, Charlie M., Kitson, Arden B., and Agents for Modern Living.  Christopher was the creator of the clothing line Mblem by Mandy Moore.  Special dresses for Mandy Moore have included outfits worn on the Tyra Banks Show, the ACE Awards, and a concert tour.  Christopher W. Boyle is a native Clevelander and graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, California.  www.christopherwboyle.com  

 


 

  Tad Boetcher :: 2008

Mr. Boetcher has designed for Due per Due, Bill by Bill Blass, and and his own "tad b" fashion line.  Tad has worked for some of New York's most distinguished clothing companies including Michael Kors, Bill Blass, Adrienne Vittadini and Ellen Tracy.  Tad Boetcher launched his 2008 collection at Fashion Week Cleveland.  The line went on to sell at all Lord and Taylor's in North American and many U.S. Dilliard's stores.  Tad Boetcher

 

 

Wendy Pepper :: 2007
Pepper was born in Dayton, Ohio and now lives in Middleburg, Virginia.  She has a degree in anthropology from the University of Washington.  Pepper studied abroad in Nepal and began to sew carpets with local Nepali women. This sparked her interest in design and working with fabric.  She returned home and continued to learn more about textiles, fabric-painting, and quilting.

As a finalist on the popular television show Project Runway, Wendy was given the opportunity to display her "Thrill of the Hunt" fashion collection to a large audience at New York.  Pepper won two of the shows challenges, one being her design for Banana Republic.  As the winner of this challenge, her garment was sold in select Banana Republic stores.  Her ready-to-wear line was shown at the 2007 Cleveland Fashion Week in Cleveland, Ohio.  www.wendypepper.com  

 


Francisco Azucar :: 2006

Azucar is a Miami-based designer.  The son of Cuban immigrants, his designs have a distinctive latin influence.  Francisco Azucar spent two decades in Tampa designing clothes and Gasparilla costumes before establishing his own design house; Fashions by Azucar.  Francisco attended the International Academy of Design and Technology.




Nary Manivong :: 2005
Nary and his three siblings, Laotian-Americans, were abandoned by their parents when he was 14.  Through sheer determination he managed to work several jobs, graduate from high school, and keep clean. Self-taught, Nary was persistent enough in the face of incredible odds to get sponsorship for his project.  His collection and his story captured media attention and he was named one of 12 designers to watch by Women's Wear Daily.  Nary has recently partnered with stylist Alexandria Hilfiger on a new brand called NAHM, an acronym of their initials which means "water" in Laotian.  www.narymanivong.com
 
 

MoMo Falana :: 2004 :: MoMo SoHo's designs combine couture sensibility and craftsmanship making each creation as beautiful and unique as the person who wears it. Clients know that when the design team creates special garments for them, they are bound to get attention. Sarah Jessica Parker did, when she wore a MoMo gold brocade coat on the Season 4 "Finale" episode of Sex in the City.  Joss Stone did, at the Grammy's when she sang a Janis Joplin duet with Melissa Etheridge.  And Britney Spears did, at the Billboard Music Awards show in her long, electric-orange sheer coat, topped by a feathered fedora.  The line's client list keeps growing, and includes numerous stage and film costume designers and stylists and other notable individuals such as models Jessica Miller, Angie Lindvall, Claudia Schiffer, Paris Hilton, and Stephanie Seymour, actresses Uma Thurman and Frances McDormand and musicians Alicia Keys, Liz Phair, Steven Van Zandt and Lil' Kimwww.momofalana.com  

 
 

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Designers

Christopher Boyle

John Bartlett

Linda Allard

MoMo Falana

Nanette Lepore

Nary Manivong

Shannon Morse

Tad Boetcher
Wendy Pepper

 

Musicians
Black Keys

Chrissie Hynde

DEVO
Nine Inch Nails 

 

Local Fashion Media Leaders

A Tree :: Alicia Crabtree
College Fashionista :: Various Colleges

Dina's Days :: Dina Younis
Goodwill Huntingg :: Stacey Thomas
Fashionably Cleveland :: Alison Halco
A Lovely Little Blog :: Lyndsey Marie
Must Love Boutiques :: Susan Smith
Ohio Fashionista :: Nora Custer-Haberbusch

OH Renee Design :: Renee Allison

Sarah's Laundry :: Sarah Stannard

Seasonal CLE :: Alison Liscoe Nottingham

 
Retail and Civic Development

Cleveland Retail Commission :: Economic Development

Positively Cleveland :: Convention Bureau

 


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